Julia St John Explained

Julia St John
Birth Place:	Hammersmith, London, England
Education:	London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation:	Actress
Yearsactive:	1982–present

Julia St John is an English actress. Her television credits include A Touch of Frost, The Brittas Empire, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Lovejoy, Minder, Harry Enfield and Chums, Lewis, and Victoria Wood, appearing in the episode Over To Pam.

Stage

• Ludmilla in Alasdair Gray's McGrotty and Ludmilla at Tron Theatre (1986)^[1]
• Natasha in Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester (1994)^[2]
• Regan in King Lear directed by Peter Cheeseman at New Vic Theatre (1996)^[3]
• Lady Pembroke in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III at West Yorkshire Playhouse (2003)^[4]
• Maya in Arthur Miller's The Archbishop's Ceiling at the Southwark Playhouse (2004)^[5]
• Sheila in Charlotte Keatley's Our Father at Watford Palace Theatre (2012)^[6]
• Mrs Lintott in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at the Sheffield Crucible (2013)^[7]
• Martha/Nelly Rose in Jefferson's Garden at Watford Palace Theatre (2015)^{[8] [9]}
• Mrs Cotton in "I Capture the Castle" musical at Watford Palace Theatre and Octagon Theatre Bolton (2017)
• Mrs Malaprop in "The Rivals" at the Watermill Theatre in Bagnor, Newbury (2018)^[10]

Selected film and television roles

• (1982) – as Jane Ward
• Victoria Wood, Over to Pam (1989) – as Caroline
• The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) – as Beatrice Vandervent
• Lovejoy, The Colour of Mary (1993) – as Rosemary
• The Brittas Empire (36 episodes, 1991–1994) – as Laura Lancing
• Searching (1995) – as Chancy
• Agatha Christie's Poirot – Dumb Witness (1996) – as Bella Tanios
• Princess in Love (1996) – as Camilla Parker Bowles
• The Grand (12 episodes, 1997–1998) – as Sarah Bannerman
• Harry Enfield and Chums (4 episodes, 1997) – as Arguing Wife / David's Mother
• Brand Spanking New Show (11 episodes, 2000) – as Various characters
• High Stakes, The Poacher (2001) – as Christabel Webster
• A Touch of Frost (7 episodes, 2003–2010) – as Pathologist Amanda Chase
• Doc Martin, Blood Is Thicker (2005) – as Sandra Mylow
• – The Case of the Earl of Erroll (2005) – as Gwladys Delamere
• The Line of Beauty (2 episodes, 2006) – as Greta Timms
• Lewis, And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (2008) – as Naomi Norris
• Doctors, (2 episodes, 2008–2011) – as Alice Connor / Agnes Fricke
• Casualty (2006–2011) – as Dr. Sarah Evans

Radio

• Legal Affairs (1996) five-part series on BBC Radio 4^[11]

Notes and References

1. News: Theatre: Review of 'McGrotty and Ludmilla' at the Tron, Glasgow. The Times. 31 March 1986. Sarah. Hemming.
2. News: The Times. Mess in need of a good tidy-up. Jeremy. Kingston. 16 August 1994. 30.
3. News: Sunday Times. Arts (Theatre): Straight down the farce lane. John. Peter. 9 November 1986.
4. News: The Independent. London. Lynne. Walker. 2 October 2003. REVIEW: THEATRE THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds.
5. News: Ian. Johns. Theatre. The Times. 11 May 2004. 17.
6. News: The Guardian. Lyn. Gardner. 22 February 2012. Our Father – review.
7. Web site: The History Boys at Sheffield Theatres. Sheffield Theatres. 2013. 5 September 2013.
8. News: The Guardian. 10 February 2015. Billington. Michael. Jefferson's Garden (Review).
9. Web site: Jefferson's Garden – Theatre – Watford Palace Theatre. 24 April 2015.
10. Web site: Julia St John. David. Woodward. 23 March 2018. 16 May 2021. Some of the best lines are spoken by the eponymous Mrs Malaprop, played with a wicked sense of fun by Julia St John.
11. News: Peter. Davalle. Baby talk, but very mature. The Times. 12 June 1996. 50.